baby-foot
French
FWOTD – 9 June 2019
Alternative forms
- babyfoot (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from baby + foot (shortening of football).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.bi.fut/, /be.bi.fut/
Audio (file)
Noun
baby-foot m (uncountable)
- table football, foosball (game)
- Synonyms: football de table; (Belgium) kicker
- 2016, Joey Richardière, Une fille venue d'ailleurs, Chiado.
- Lorsque les copains se retrouvaient au café du coin, pour boire une bière, taquiner le flipper ou le baby-foot, il n'était accepté que parce qu'il régalait.
- When the mates met up in the café at the corner, to drink a beer, have a go at the pinball machine or the football table, he was only tolerated because he treated them.
Descendants
- → Gulf Arabic: بيبي فوت (bebī fūt) (Kuwait)
Further reading
- “baby-foot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.